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Smoking Report (Year 11-Esl)

ABSTRACT

Smoking is one major problem which affects mankind. It is even worse when adolescents smoke because of their limited knowledge about the impact of smoking. This report demonstrates how smoking causes problems in diverse ways especially to the health of adolescents. Although smoking of tobacco or cigarettes has been practised over centuries, smoking bans should be done according to various reasons which are stated in this report and link solutions which should be applied in society to prevent smoking.

AIMS

The purposes of this report are to emphasize the harmful impact of smoking especially among adolescents. Some backgrounds of tobacco smoking will be highlighted. Immediate and long term effects of smoking to adolescent’s health will be the focal point. It will also present statistics and data of smoking practices over the world and in Australia. Recommendations of how societies should take measures regarding smoking will also be discussed.

METHODOLOGY

This report collected different kinds of research in relation to smoking practices and the impact on adolescents’ health. Internet research, media, library sources and interview of real smokers were also used.

STATEMENT OF FINDINGS

Introduction

Since 5000BC, groups of people from all over the world started to smoke (Iain Gately, 2001). Reasons of why people take up or do not give up smoking are the core topics for present debate in every society. It is widely accepted that smoking causes major health problems and long term effects. This report focuses on the negative impact of adolescent smoking.

Body

Tobacco plants have been growing since 6000BC in Northern and Southern America. Throughout history tobacco was used to sniff, chew, eat, drink, smear over bodies, in eye drops, enemas (treatment for constipation) and smoke (Iain Gately, 2001). Tobacco smoking is a practice which people burn tobacco in a form of cigarette, cigar or in a pipe.

A report in 2006 from The Centre for...